The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-08


going to and returning from the same;
| provided such privilege as to going ana re-
! turning shall not cover PERIOD OF over
| twenty days; and they shall not be held
to answer for any speech or debate maze
in the Legislature, i'll any Court or place
| whatsoever.
Article 55. The Representatives shall re-
ceive for their services compensation 10
be determined by law, and paid out OIL the
Public Treasury, but no increase OF COM
pensation shall take effect during the BIZ
ennial term in which it shall have been
made; and no law shall be passed increas-
ing the compensation of Representatives
beyond the sum of two hundred and nifty
| dollars each for each biennial term.
Article So. A Noble shall he subject of
the Kingdom who shall have attained the
age of twenty-five years and resided IN
the Kingdom three years, and shall be the
owner of taxable property in this King
dom of the value of three thousand dol
lars over and above all encumbrances, or
in receipt of an income OF not less than six
hundred dollars per annum.
Article 81 The Mobiles shall be Court,
determine all impeachments made by the
Reprt Aatives, as the Grand Inquest of
| the Kingdom, against any officers of the
Kingdom for misconduct or maladminis-
tration in their Offices; but previous to the
trial of every impeachment the Mobiles
| shall respectively be sworn, truly and inn
partially to try and determine the charge
in question, according to evidence and
law. Their judgment, however, shall not
extend further than to removal from of
flee and disqualification to hold or enjoy
any place of honor, trust, or profit, under
this Government; but the party SO con-
victed shall be, nevertheless, liable to in
| dictment, trial, judgment and punishment
according to the laws of the land.
Article SO. Twenty-four Mobiles shall be
elected as follows Six from the Island OF
| Hawaii; six from the Islands of Maui, Mo-
| iokai and Lanai; nine from the Island of
| Oahu; and three from the Islands of
! Kauai and NIihau. At the first election
| held under this Constitution, the Mobiles
shall be elected to serve until the general
| election to the Legislature for the year of
! our Lord $780, at which election and there
after the Mobiles shall be elected at the
! same time and places as the Representa-
| tives. At the election for the year of our
| Lord 1890, one-third of the Mobiles from
each of the division aforesaid, shall be
| elected for two years, and one-third for
| four years, and one-third for six years, and
! the electors shall ballot for them for such
terms, respectively; and at all subsequent
general elections they shall be elected for
six years. The Mobiles shall serve without
pay.
Article SO. Every male resident of the
Hawaiian Islands, of Hawaiian, American
or European birth or descent, who shall
have attained the age of twenty years, and
shall have paid his taxes, and shall have
caused his name to be entered on the list
of voters for Mobiles for his district, shall be
an elector of Mobiles, and shall be entitled
to vote at any election of Mobiles, provided:
First-That he shall have resided in the
country not less than three years, and in
the district in which he offers to vote, not
less than three months immediately pre-
ceding the election at which he offers to
vote
Second-That he shall own and be pos
sessed Sin bis own right, of taxable prop
erty IN this country of the value of not
less than three thousand dollars over and
above all membranes, or shall have act
ually received an income of not less than
six hundred dollars during the year next
preceding his registration for such election:
Third-That he shall be able to read and
comprehend an ordinary newspaper
printed in either the Hawaiian, English or
some European language;
Fourth-That he shall have taken an
oath to support the Constitution and laws,
such oath to be administered by any per-
son authorized to administer oaths, or by
any Inspector of Elections:
Provided, however that the require
ments of three years residence and of
ability to read and comprehend an or
binary newspaper. printed either in the
Hawaiian, English or some European Ian
guage, shall not apply to persons residing
in the Kingdom at the time of the promul-
cation of this Constitution, If they shall
register and vote at the first election which
shall be held under this Constitution.
Article go. There shall be twenty-four
Representatives of the people elected bien-
nially, except those first elected under this
Constitution, who shall serve until the
general election for the year of our Lord
1890. The representation shall be based
upon the principles of equality, and shall
be regulated and apportioned by the Legis-
lature according to the population, to be
ascertained from time to time by the Off
cial census But until such apportionment
by the Legislature, the apportionment now
established by law shall remain in force,
with the following exceptions, namely:
There shall be but two Representatives for
the Districts of Hilo and Puma, on the ISL
and OF Hawaii, but one for the Districts of |
Lahaina and Kaanapali, on the Island of |
Maui, and but one for the Districts of Koo-
lauloa and Waialua, on the Island of Oahu
Article 81. No person shall be eligible as
Representative of the people, unless he
be male subject of the Kingdom, yho /
shall have arrived at the full age of riyetlfy- j
one years; who shall know how 20 :cess faal,,z &
write either the Hawaiian. Eyash or some 81